| Declaration | 第1-7页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| 论文摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| List of Figures | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-27页 |
| ·Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| ·The rationale of the present study | 第15-18页 |
| ·Research orientation of the present study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Target of the research | 第19-24页 |
| ·ICA and ICA Argument | 第19-21页 |
| ·Arbitration and Negotiation | 第21-23页 |
| ·Persuasion and Argument | 第23-24页 |
| ·Data collection and methodology | 第24-25页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第25-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of Relevant Literature | 第27-40页 |
| ·Introduction | 第27页 |
| ·Approaches to Argument and Argument construction | 第27-37页 |
| ·Rhetorical Approach | 第27-30页 |
| ·Conceptual Approach | 第30-34页 |
| ·Interpersonal Approach | 第34-37页 |
| ·Studies on Legal Writing | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Description of the Theoretical Framework | 第40-53页 |
| ·Introduction | 第40页 |
| ·A General picture of Adaptation Theory | 第40-45页 |
| ·ICA Argument Production as realization of Adaptation | 第45-52页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates involved in ICAArgument production | 第45-49页 |
| ·Utterer and Interpreter in ICAArgument production | 第46-47页 |
| ·Contextual factors that lawyers adapt to in producing ICAArgument | 第47-49页 |
| ·The adaptation model of ICA Argument construction | 第49-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter 4 Adaptation Process in ICA Argument Production | 第53-80页 |
| ·Introduction | 第53页 |
| ·Choices of language, code, and style | 第53-60页 |
| ·Choice of language | 第54-55页 |
| ·Choice of code | 第55-58页 |
| ·Choice of style | 第58-60页 |
| ·Choices at discourse level | 第60-69页 |
| ·Choice of large-scale organization | 第60-66页 |
| ·Choice between Laws and facts | 第66-69页 |
| ·Choices at syntax level | 第69-73页 |
| ·Choice between Subject-Verb-Object pattern and Object-Verb pattern | 第69-72页 |
| ·Choice of Parallel and Balanced Sentence Structure | 第72-73页 |
| ·Choices at lexical level | 第73-78页 |
| ·Modality in systemic-functional linguistics | 第74-75页 |
| ·Choice of modal expressions in ICA Argument construction | 第75-78页 |
| ·Summary | 第78-80页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第80-86页 |
| ·Introduction | 第80页 |
| ·Summary of the major findings | 第80-84页 |
| ·The adaptation model proposed in the present studyv | 第80-81页 |
| ·Major findings on ICAArgument production | 第81-84页 |
| ·Implications of the present study | 第84页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study and suggestions for further research | 第84-86页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第84-85页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第85-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-93页 |
| Appendix | 第93-97页 |
